Background
Megan is a solicitor who specialises in public law and human rights. She joined the firm in July 2023 and is based in our London office. Megan has over five years’ experience supporting individuals, NGOs and campaigners with complex cases.
Megan trained and qualified as a solicitor in the Public Law and Policy team at Hogan Lovells International LLP. Prior to joining DPG, Megan also worked at the Good Law Practice on strategic litigation against the UK Government and ran REDRESS’ legal and policy work on the use of human rights sanctions.
Expertise
Megan helps individuals to challenge decisions that violate their rights and seek redress. She has experience of complex judicial review litigation and acts for particularly vulnerable individuals, including those who are seeking asylum in the UK, unaccompanied children and survivors of trafficking, torture and other ill-treatment. Megan also represents NGOs seeking to challenge systemic issues.
In recent months, Megan has represented former high-ranking officials in the Afghan intelligence and security forces who, along with their families, face serious threats from the Taliban as a result of their work with the UK government. She has secured the reversal of the government’s refusals to relocate such individuals to the UK, and successfully challenged delays in the government’s decision-making.
Megan routinely acts for asylum seekers who are not being provided with the support they are entitled to in the UK. This includes families with children accommodated in inadequate accommodation that is having a detrimental impact on their health; individuals who are not being provided with enough financial support to buy food and clothing; and unaccompanied children who should be accommodated by local authorities. Megan is instructed in several cases regarding the Home Office’s policy on forced room sharing and the impact this has on vulnerable individuals.
Megan also acts for individuals subject to intrusive and disproportionate conditions of immigration bail, including electronic monitoring (both ankle tags and non-fitted devices such as fingerprint monitors).
Megan is a supervisor for the firms’ PAP Project which helps NGOs to challenge government decisions.
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